tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22120968.post8929090717021138144..comments2017-07-14T11:12:26.814-04:00Comments on Jon Schneider's Tech Blog: New PC 2008! Budget: Sub-$700Jonathan Schneiderhttps://plus.google.com/109465809713280435321noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22120968.post-76354870278516926522010-08-18T07:25:55.755-04:002010-08-18T07:25:55.755-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Jenneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17540374185734434780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22120968.post-6585702008997467692008-12-01T17:40:00.000-05:002008-12-01T17:40:00.000-05:00I've used DOSBox as well for running those really ...I've used DOSBox as well for running those really old games -- I agree, it's great!<BR/><BR/>I'm also all about the old school games. I don't buy many new games these days, but two games that I did purchase recently were Bionic Command Reloaded (a remake of the old NES game Bionic Commando) and Mega Man 9 for the Wii Virtual Console -- a great game, complete with the NES-faithful 8-bit-quality graphics and old-school high difficultly level, albeit in a 2008 release! And for only US $10, compared to the old price of $50 (in late-80s dollars, no less) for this type of game! Awesome!Jonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05718316809087214442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22120968.post-59034661648771279132008-12-01T13:40:00.000-05:002008-12-01T13:40:00.000-05:00If you want to run ancient executables, I recommen...If you want to run ancient executables, I recommend using something like DOS-BOX anyway, it is way better than trying to run on the iron -- especially with Vista.<BR/><BR/>http://www.dosbox.com/<BR/><BR/>I use it to play my old games (which I just can't give up!)Chrishttp://www.chrisoverbeek.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22120968.post-76534421500501677012008-11-20T17:16:00.000-05:002008-11-20T17:16:00.000-05:00@Chris, no significant issues so far! When I first...@Chris, no significant issues so far! <BR/><BR/>When I first installed the game Titan Quest on the machine, it crashed to the desktop with a weird error message when I first tried to run it, but after I patched Titan Quest up with its most recent patch, it worked fine. (I also might have been able to get it working by playing with Vista's application-specific compatibility settings; that actually didn't even occur to me until just now, as I write this.)<BR/><BR/>The only dev tool I've been running on the machine thus far is Visual Studio 2008, so I can't tell you offhand whether good old MS Visual C++ 6 is likely to work or not!<BR/><BR/>No hardware compatibility issues yet, either. All of my devices have "just worked" so far.<BR/><BR/>It does appear that really old 16-bit executables don't work with 64-bit Vista at all, though (again, maybe it would work by tinkering with compatibility settings; I haven't looked into that). I forget exactly what it was that I tried to run -- some very old game? -- but I do remember seeing a message about 16-bit executables being incompatible.Jonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05718316809087214442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22120968.post-29355366305543402332008-11-20T13:38:00.000-05:002008-11-20T13:38:00.000-05:00How is the 64-bit Vista working out for you? I ru...How is the 64-bit Vista working out for you? I run Vista Ultimate (32 bit) on my Core 2 Duo laptop for work, and I like Vista fine, but I am chicken to try 64-bit due to compatibility concerns (especially with some of our older dev tools)Chrishttp://www.chrisoverbeek.com/noreply@blogger.com